Will this policy work?
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Sumayyah Tasnim, Posted on:
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Blog posts, Evaluation, Resources for civil servants
Five questions to help policy makers understand if their policy is working.
What works for What Works: How to communicate effectively
Evidence summaries are harder to produce than you might think. A new evaluation looks at how well the What Works Network is communicating evidence and what improvements could be made.
12 highlights over 12 months
The 2019 highlights you've all been waiting for....
Using academics to advise government on trial design
The What Works Team are looking for experts in impact evaluation to join our Trial Advice Panel to help support high quality evaluation practice across government. In this blog, Riikka Hofmann reflects on her experience as an academic member of the Panel.
An interview with David Halpern, What Works National Adviser
Hear from David Halpern, What Works National Adviser, on his journey so far and his ambitions for the next three years.
Inside the world’s ‘what works’ teams
Governments around the world are investing in experimentation units to improve the quality of evidence used in decision-making.
What Works 101: Systematic reviews and meta-analyses
What are systematic reviews and meta-analyses, and how can policy makers use them to understand what works?
The road to robustness: common pitfalls in evaluating programmes
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Blog posts, Guest blogs, Resources for civil servants
The Early Intervention Foundation’s Tom McBride explains why programme evaluation is crucial to the success of children’s service, but can be undermined by surprisingly basic issues.
What Works in Westminster Palace – Evidence Week 2018
Next week the Houses of Parliament are playing host to the inaugural Evidence Week. It's a chance for citizens, MPs and policymakers to talk about why evidence matters and how make the best use of it.
Learning what works in building integrated communities
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has used scientific methods to evaluate a new flagship policy - a first for the department. Maria O’Beirne explains how and why her team designed the trial.